Here’s the raw, unvarnished truth. I am eight years deep into a love affair that defies every rule I ever wrote for myself. With a man who loves me more fully, more fiercely, more tenderly than any man ever has. And yet…there is a quiet storm that still swirls in me. Shouldn’t I feel more …
When Your Body Says Yes, But Your Mind Isn’t Sure… Read More »
Do you trust yourself? Or do you put your trust in the patriarchal world culture and follow the pathways that have been carved from that bedrock? Growing up, I was in a perpetual state of not quite fitting in, not quite trusting the world around me. Deep down, I felt that there had to be …
What is your pace? Your rhythm? Your flow? Do you zip through the day – spinning way too many plates, and getting off on how many you can keep in the air? I know I do that. We all get so many points for being busy. Or acting busy. As if our inherent value hinges …
The times we are living in are absolutely unprecedented. I don’t have to tell you. The proof is all around us. Racial injustice, capitalist greed, warring nations, declining leadership, senseless death. The list of tragedies goes on. Again and again, we ask ourselves the same questions: Who am I? What am I doing? Where is …
In this precious, sacred, wildly unstable world that we share, the holidays are a time to take a moment, take a breath, and bring pleasure back to the forefront. To find, create, and give pleasure in all its forms. I get overwhelmed by gift giving, and I often handle all the gifts that are mine …
I’m off on my next adventure, and it’s a big one. See, part of my mission at the School of Womanly Arts is to deliver my work on a global scale. To spread this sacred technology far and wide, so that every woman – no matter her zip code – may one day experience the …
How do we know that we’re successful in the world? One of the aspects of a patriarchal culture, like the one we live in, is that we’ve all been taught a definition of what success is. We’ve been trained to go for certain markers that demonstrate success – external events, or circumstances that our culture …
What does it mean to be a success? In your own eyes? How do you know when enough is enough? A couple months ago, I was watching the news when Hillary Clinton stumbled as she left the 9/11 memorial, because she had walking pneumonia. It reminded me of the story in Arianna Huffington’s book about …
Picture this. You are in Paris, the City of Light. You have been promising your recently high school graduated daughter that you will bring her to Paris, on the occasion of said graduation. She is so excited that she asks to bring her best pal with her. You agree, thinking of all the fun …
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Where did you get your heartbreak training? Today, I’m going to tell you a story of where I got mine, and the experience that turned it all on its head (for the better). But before I do, I have a quick update for you: A few weeks ago, I told you to save the …